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ECON 434 - The Theory of Financial Markets
Studies the theory and operation of financial markets and the role of financial assets and institutions in the economic decisions of individuals, firms, and governments. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 301 or 311, 303, and 371 or STAT 212.
Credits: 3
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ECON 435 - Corporate Finance
Analyzes the theory of financing corporate operations and corporate decisions regarding the allocation of capital among alternative projects; includes the nature of financial instruments and the behavior of capital markets. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 301 or 311, 303, and 371 or STAT 212.
Credits: 3
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ECON 436 - Empirical Finance
Develops and tests models of asset pricing and allocation in finance, to determine both the validity of the theories and the extent to which they should guide us in financial decision-making. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 472
Credits: 3
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ECON 437 - Behavioral Finance
Behavioral finance questions the efficient market hypothesis. In addition, this course explores noise trader models and the “over and under reaction” debate. Readings are mostly from professional journals. Students should be quite serious about finance. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 301 or 311 and ECON 434
Credits: 3
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ECON 439 - The Economic Theory of Advertising
Course deals with theories explaining the nature of advertising, and evaluates market performance in this industry, using Game Theory and Oligopoly Theory. Calculus will be used extensively. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 371 or STAT 212, ECON 301 or 311, and MATH 122 or 132
Credits: 3
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ECON 440 - Topics in Economic History
Comparative study of the historical development of selected advanced economies (e.g., the United States, England, Japan, continental Europe). The nations covered vary with instructor. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 302, or ECON 201 and 202 and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 441 - Economics of the European Union
Studies the history, theory, and empirics of European economic integration. Focuses on monetary union, as well as product and factor market integration. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 302.
Credits: 3
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ECON 442 - Macroeconomic Policy
Integrated analysis of public policies (including: monetary, fiscal, debt-management, foreign exchange, and incomes) designed to cope with fluctuations in national income, employment, and the price level, and to influence the rate of economic growth. Emphasizes policies adopted during specific historical episodes and the theory of macroeconomic policy. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 302.
Credits: 3
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ECON 443 - Environmental Economics
Explores the origins of environmental problems, how to measure the value of environmental amenities, and the efficacy of specific forms of regulation, including mandated technologies, taxes, subsidies, and pollution permit trading. Topics include air and water pollution, climate change, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, and sustainable development. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 301 or 311.
Credits: 3
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ECON 451 - Economic Development
Studies the peculiar problems of economic growth in underdeveloped countries. Emphasizes public policies for both the countries themselves and the more developed countries and international agencies. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 202 and 301 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 456 - Economy of Japan
Reviews Japan’s economic development from the Tokugawa Era onward, and then explores different sectors and issues of the modern Japanese economy. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 302 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ECON 471 - Economic Forecasting
Analyzes the theory and practice of forecasting economic variables using models for linear stochastic processes, including specifying, estimating, and diagnosing models of economic time series. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 371 or STAT 312 or APMA 312.
Credits: 3
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ECON 472 - Introductory Econometrics
Studies the application of statistical methods to the testing and estimation of economic relationships. Emphasizes applied econometric studies and the problems that arise when analyzing time series and cross section data by means of stochastic linear models. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 201, 202, and ECON 371 or STAT 212.
Credits: 3
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ECON 482 - Experimental Economics
Explores the use of laboratory methods to study economic behavior. Topics include experimental design, laboratory technique, financial incentives, and analysis of data. Emphasizes applications: bargaining, auctions, market price competition, market failures, voting, contributions to public goods, lottery choice decisions, and the design of electronic markets for financial assets. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 301 or 311 and a course in statistics, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 488 - Seminar in Policy Analysis
Introduces the methods used to estimate the effects of existing and proposed government programs. Methods will be illustrated with applications to several areas of government policy. Students will complete an empirical policy analysis under faculty supervision. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 301 or 311, ECON 372, and ECON 431.
Credits: 3
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ECON 489 - Majors Seminar
Reading, discussion, and research in selected topics. Topics vary by instructor and course may be taken for credit more than once. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ECON 495 - Supervised Research
Research under the direction of a regular faculty member. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GPA of 3.300 in UVa ECON courses.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ECON 496 - Supervised Research
Research under the direction of a regular faculty member. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: GPA of 3.300 in UVa ECON courses.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ECON 507 - British Economic History Since 1850
Studies the structure, performance, and policy in the British economy since 1850, focusing on the causes and consequences of Britain’s relative economic decline. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 509 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics I
Studies topics in univariate and multivariate calculus and linear algebra. Includes applications to the theory of economic statics. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One semester of calculus and one additional semester of college mathematics, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 510 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics II
Studies topics in the theories of difference and differential equations and dynamic optimization. Includes applications to the theory of economic dynamics. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 509 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 520 - Special Topics in Economics
Graduate students combine course work in an upper-level undergraduate economics course with additional special assignments. Because topics vary with instructor, this course may be repeated for credit. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 572 - Introductory Econometrics
Meets concurrently with ECON 372. The application of statistical methods to the testing and estimation of economic relations; the development of the linear regression model including hypothesis testing, specification, instrumental variables, generalized least squares; and introduces identification and estimation of simultaneous equation models. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 371 or STAT 212 and one semester of calculus.
Credits: 3
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ECE 200 - Science of Information
An introduction to the fundamental scientific principles governing information science and engineering. Topics include: definition of information; entropy; information representation in analog and digital forms; information transmission; spectrum and bandwidth; information transformation including data compression, filtering, encryption, and error correction; information storage and display; and large-scale information systems. Technologies for implementing information functions. (S)
Credits: 3
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ECE 203 - Introductory Circuit Analysis
Elementary electrical circuit concepts and their application to linear circuits with passive elements; use of Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws to derive circuit equations; solution methods for first- and second-order transient and DC steady-state responses; AC steady-state analysis; frequency domain representation of signals; trigonometric and complex Fourier series; phasor methods; complex impedance; transfer functions and resonance; Thevenin/Norton equivalent models; controlled sources. Six laboratory assignments. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: APMA 111.
Credits: 3
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ECE 204 - Electronics I
Studies the modeling, analysis, design, computer simulation, and measurement of electrical circuits which contain non-linear devices such as junction diodes, bipolar junction transistors, and field effect transistors. Includes the gain and frequency response of linear amplifiers, power supplies, and other practical electronic circuits. Three lecture and three laboratory hours. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 203.
Credits: 4
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ECE 230 - Digital Logic Design
Includes number systems and conversion; Boolean algebra and logic gates; minimization of switching functions; combinational network design; flip-flops; sequential network design; arithmetic networks. Introduces computer organization and assembly language. Six laboratory assignments. Cross-listed as CS 230. (S)
Credits: 3
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ECE 303 - Solid State Devices
Analyzes the basics of band theory and atomic structure; charge-transport in solids; current voltage characteristics of semiconductor devices, including p-n junction diodes, bipolar transistors, Schottky diodes, and insulated-gate field-effect transistors; electron emission; and superconductive devices. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 203.
Credits: 3
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ECE 307 - Electronics II
Construction of electronic circuit design to specifications. Focuses on computer simulation, construction, and testing of designed circuits in the laboratory to verify predicted performance. Includes differential amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, multivibrators, and digital circuits. Three lecture and three laboratory hours. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 204.
Credits: 4
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ECE 309 - Electromagnetic Fields
Analyzes the basic laws of electromagnetic theory, beginning with static electric and magnetic fields, and concluding with dynamic E&M fields; plane wave propagation in various media; Maxwell’s Laws in differential and integral form; electrical properties of matter; transmission lines, waveguides, and elementary antennas. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PHYS 241E, APMA 213, and ECE 203.
Credits: 3
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ECE 310 - Electromechanical Energy Conversion
Analyzes the principles of electromechanical energy conversion; three-phase circuit analysis; magnetic circuits and nonlinearity; transformers; DC, synchronous, and induction machines; equivalent circuit models; power electronic control of machines. Laboratory, computer, and design exercises complement coverage of fundamental principles. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 203, PHYS 241E, and CS 101, or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECE 323 - Signals and Systems I
Develops tools for analyzing signals and systems operating in continuous-time, with applications to control, communications, and signal processing. Primary concepts are representation of signals, linear time-invariant systems, Fourier analysis of signals, frequency response, and frequency-domain input/output analysis, the Laplace transform, and linear feedback principles. Practical examples are employed throughout, and regular usage of computer tools (Matlab, CC) is incorporated. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and BIOM 310. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 203 and APMA 213.
Credits: 3
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ECE 324 - Signals and Systems II
Sequel to ECE 323; provides analogous tools for analyzing discrete-time signals and systems, with applications to discrete-time signal processing and control. Sampling and reconstruction of continuous-time signals provides the transition between CT and DT settings. State space methods are also introduced. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 323.
Credits: 3
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ECE 333 - Computer Architecture
Includes the organization and architecture of computer systems hardware; instruction set architectures; addressing modes; register transfer notation; processor design and computer arithmetic; memory systems; hardware implementations of virtual memory, and input/output control and devices. Cross-listed as CS 333. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CS 201 and ECE/CS 230 with grades of C- or higher.
Credits: 3
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ECE 363 - Digital Integrated Circuits
Digital CMOS circuits. MOSFET transistor. Combinational circuits. Sequential circuits. Design simple digital gates and circuits at the transistor level. Simulate designed circuits to verify performance. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE/CS 230 and ECE 204.
Credits: 3
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ECE 402 - Linear Control Systems
Explores the modeling of linear dynamic systems via differential equations and transfer functions utilizing state space representations and classical input-output representations; the analysis of systems in the time and frequency domains; study of closed-loop systems; state-space methods and the classical stability tests, such as the Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Nyquist criterion, root-locus plots and Bode plots. Studies compensation design through lead and lag networks, rate feedback, and linear state-variable feedback. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 323 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 403 - Control Laboratory
A laboratory consisting of design, analysis, construction, and testing of electrical and electromechanical circuits and devices. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: ECE 402.
Credits: 1.5
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ECE 407 - Electrical Engineering Projects
Under faculty supervision, students plan a project of at least one semester’s duration, conduct the analysis or design and test, and report on the results. If this work is to be the basis for an undergraduate thesis, the course should be taken no later than the seventh semester. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ECE 408 - Electrical Engineering Projects
Under faculty supervision, students plan a project of at least one semester’s duration, conduct the analysis or design and test, and report on the results. If this work is to be the basis for an undergraduate thesis, the course should be taken no later than the seventh semester. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ECE 409 - RF Circuit Design and Wireless Systems
Design and analysis of wireless communication circuits. Topics covered include transmission lines, antennas, filters, amplifiers, mixers, noise, and modulation techniques. The course is built around a semester long design project. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 309, 307, 323.
Credits: 3
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ECE 410 - Electromechanical Energy Conversion Laboratory
Laboratory investigations of electromechanical energy conversion. Includes three-phase circuit analysis; magnetic coupling, magnetic forces, and nonlinearity; transformers; DC, synchronous and induction machines; equivalent circuit models; and power electronic control of machines. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 203 and PHYS 241.
Credits: 1.5
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ECE 411 - Bioelectricity
Studies the biophysical mechanisms governing production and transmission of bioelectric signals, measurement of these signals and their analysis in basic and clinical electrophysiology. Introduces the principles of design and operation of therapeutic medical devises used in the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Includes membrane potential, action potentials, channels and synaptic transmission, electrodes, electrocardiography, pacemakers, defibrillators, and neural assist devices. Cross-listed as BIOM 441. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 203, BIOM 201, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 412 - Digital Control Systems
Analyzes the design of dynamic systems that contain digital computers; the Z transform; block diagrams and transfer functions in the z-domain; block diagrams, frequency response and stability in the z-domain; state space methods; and design using the z-transform and state methods. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 402 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 415 - Microelectronic Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory
Fabrication and testing of MOS capacitors. Determination of material properties, including carrier concentration, mobility, lifetime, orientation, and layer thickness. Device fabrication using oxidation, diffusion, evaporation, and device testing of MOS and power bipolar transistors. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: ECE 564.
Credits: 1.5
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ECE 420 - Communications
Explores the statistical methods of analyzing communications systems: random signals and noise, statistical communication theory, and digital communications. Analysis of baseband and carrier transmission techniques; and design examples in satellite communications. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: APMA 310, ECE 324.
Credits: 3
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ECE 422 - Communication Systems Laboratory
Provides first-hand exposure to communications practice, including response of systems, signal theory, modulation and detection, sampling and quantization, digital signal processing, and receiver design. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 324; corequisite: ECE 420.
Credits: 1.5
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ECE 432 - Introduction to VLSI Design
Digital CMOS circuit design and analysis: combinational circuits, sequential circuits, and memory. Second order circuit issues. Global design issues: clocking and interconnect. Use of Cadence CAD tools. Team design of a significant VLSI chip including layout and implementation. This course satisfies the requirements for the Major Design Experience for undergraduates. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: ECE 203, ECE 230, ECE 363
Credits: 4.5
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ECE 434 - Fault-Tolerant Computing
Focuses on the techniques for designing and analyzing dependable computer-based systems. Topics include fault models and effects, fault avoidance techniques, hardware redundancy, error detecting and correcting codes, time redundancy, software redundancy, combinatorial reliability modeling, Markov reliability modeling, availability modeling, maintainability, safety modeling, trade-off analysis, design for testability, and the testing of redundant digital systems. Cross-listed as CS 434. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE/CS 333, APMA 213 and 310 or equivalent, with grades of C- or higher, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECE 435 - Computer Organization and Design
Integration of computer organization concepts, such as data flow, instruction interpretation, memory systems, interfacing, and microprogramming with practical and systematic digital design methods such as behavioral versus structural descriptions, divide-and-conquer, hierarchical conceptual levels, trade-offs, iteration, and postponement of detail. Design exercises are accomplished using a hardware description language and simulation. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 333 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4.5
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ECE 436 - Advanced Digital Design
Analyzes digital hardware and design; digital system organization; digital technologies; and testing. A semester-long hardware design project is conducted. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 435.
Credits: 4.5
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ECE 457 - Computer Networks
Intended as a first course in communication networks for upper-level undergraduate students. Topics include basic techniques for channel transmission, error control, flow control, multiplexing, switching, routing, signaling, and scheduling. Students will also learn practical aspects of the Internet and telephone networks. Cross-listed as CS 457. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Either CS or ECE 333 with a grade of C- or better.
Credits: 3
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ECE 458 - Internet Engineering
An advanced course on computer networks on the technologies and protocols of the Internet. Topics include the design principles of the Internet protocols, including TCP/IP, the Domain Name System, routing protocols, and network management protocols. A set of self-guided laboratory exercises are part of this course. Cross-listed as CS 458. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CS 457 with a grade of C- or better.
Credits: 3
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ECE 473 - Analog Integrated Circuits
Topics include the design and analysis of analog integrated circuits; feedback amplifier analysis and design, including stability, compensation, and offset-correction; layout and floor-planning issues associated with mixed-signal IC design; selected applications of analog circuits such as A/D and D/A converters, references, and comparators; extensive use of CAD tools for design entry, simulation, and layout; and the creation of an analog integrated circuit design project. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 303 and 307.
Credits: 3
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ECE 482 - Microwave Engineering Laboratory
Analyzes the measurement and behavior of high-frequency circuits and components; equivalent circuit models for lumped elements; measurement of standing waves, power, and frequency; use of vector network analyzers and spectrum analyzers; and computer-aided design, fabrication, and characterization of microstrip circuits. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: ECE 556 or instructor permission.
Credits: 1.5
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ECE 484 - Wireless Communications
This is a survey course in the theory and technology of modern wireless communication systems, exemplified in cellular telephony, paging, microwave distribution systems, wireless networks, and even garage door openers. Wireless technology is inherently interdisciplinary, and the course seeks to serve the interests of a variety of students. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 323 and 420.
Credits: 3
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ECE 485 - Optical Communications
This course covers the basics of optical communications. The first half of the course is spent describing optical devices including the LED, laser, optical fiber, PIN photodiode, APD detectors, optical amplifiers, modulators, etc. Characteristics of devices and their effect on the overall system are discussed. The second half of the course is devoted to system design and analysis. The emphasis is on modulation/demodulation and channel control methods, defining performance measures, and describing network architectures. Common applications of optical communications are then discussed. This course is intended to complement training in communications and in optics. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 323, APMA 310, and ECE 420.
Credits: 3
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ECE 525 - Introduction to Robotics
Analyzes kinematics, dynamics and control of robot manipulators, and sensor and actuator technologies (including machine vision) relevant to robotics. Includes a robotics system design project in which students completely design a robotic system for a particular application and present it in class. Includes literature related to emerging technologies and Internet resources relevant to robotics. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 402 or 621, or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECE 541 - Optics and Lasers
Reviews the electromagnetic principles of optics: Maxwell’s equations; reflection and transmission of electromagnetic fields at dielectric interfaces; Gaussian beams; interference and diffraction; laser theory with illustrations chosen from atomic, gas, and semiconductor laser systems; photomultipliers and semiconductor-based detectors; and noise theory and noise sources in optical detection. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 303, 309, and 323.
Credits: 3
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ECE 556 - Microwave Engineering I
Design and analysis of passive microwave circuits. Topics include transmission lines, electromagnetic field theory, waveguides, microwave network analysis and signal flow graphs, impedance matching and tuning, resonators, power dividers and directional couplers, and microwave filters. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 309.
Credits: 3
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ECE 563 - Introduction to VLSI
Digital CMOS circuit design and analysis: combinational and sequential circuits, arithmetic structures, memories. Modern design issues: leakage, optimization, clocking, and interconnect. VLSI circuit design, simulation, and layout. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 203, 230. Desirable: ECE 303, ECE 333 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECE 564 - Microelectronic Integrated Circuit Fabrication
Explores fabrication technologies for the manufacture of integrated circuits and microsystems. Emphasizes processes used for monolithic silicon-based systems and basic technologies for compound material devices. Topics include crystal properties and growth, Miller indices, Czochralski growth, impurity diffusion, concentration profiles, silicon oxidation, oxide growth kinetics, local oxidation, ion implantation, crystal annealing, photolithography and pattern transfer, wet and dry etching processes, anisotropic etches, plasma etching, reactive ion etching, plasma ashing, chemical vapor deposition and epitaxy; evaporation, sputtering, thin film evaluation, chemical-mechanical polishing, multilevel metal, device contacts, rapid thermal annealing, trench isolation, process integration, and wafer yield. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 303 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECE 576 - Digital Signal Processing
Fundamentals of discrete-time signal processing are presented. Topics include discrete-time linear systems, z-transforms, the DFT and FFT algorithms, digital filter design, and problem-solving using the computer. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 323 and 324, or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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ECE 578 - Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
This course provides hands-on exposure to real-time digital signal sampling (DSP) using general-purpose DSP processors. The laboratory sequence explores sampling/reconstruction, aliasing, quantization errors, fast Fourier transform, spectral analysis, and FIR/IIR digital filter design and implementation. Programming is primarily in C++, with exposure to assembly coding. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECE 323 and 324; corequisite: ECE 576.
Credits: 1.5
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ECE 586 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
A first-level graduate/advanced undergraduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the course offerings. The topic usually reflects new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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ECE 587 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
A first-level graduate/advanced undergraduate course covering a topic not normally covered in the course offerings. The topic usually reflects new developments in the electrical and computer engineering field. Offering is based on student and faculty interests. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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EVSC 101 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Introduces the principles and basic facts of the natural environment. Topics include earth materials, land forms, weather and climate, vegetation and soils, and the processes of environmental change and their implications to economic and human systems. (S)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 102 - Practical Concepts in Environmental Sciences
Practical concepts and problem solving in environmental sciences through demonstrations, hands-on activities, structured discussions, and problem sets beyond those of traditional lectures or discussion groups. Emphasizes experience and critical thinking in the four core areas: geology, hydrology, atmospheric sciences, and ecology. (S)
Credits: 1
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EVSC 107 - Earth Systems Technology and Management
Studies the interaction of society and various environmental systems. Emphasis on resource management, sustainability, and environmental engineering. Students will synthesize readings and field work, culminating in a final project. Course does not count towards the Natural Science area requirement. (J)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 120 - Elements of Ecology
Introduces the science of ecology and its application to current environmental issues. A number of topics relating to population growth and regulation, biodiversity, sustainability, and global change are used as a framework to investigate basic ecological principles. Emphasizes the application of basic science to the understanding and mitigation of current environmental problems. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 140 - Water on Earth
Studies the natural history of the Earth’s hydrosphere, including its origin, evolution, and importance in Earth processes. Introduces the hydrological cycle and the role of water in a variety of Earth processes. Discusses human influences on the hydrosphere and current topics in hydrological science and water resources, such as contamination and resource allocation, emphasizing the scientific basis for past, present, and future decisions. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 145 - Virginia’s Environments
A general survey of the basic foundation, concepts, and dynamics of the total Earth system with natural Virginia as the unifying concept. Understanding is built on the foundation of geological and geomorphological processes that form and modify the landscape of Virginia, including basic geology, processes of mountain building, flooding, and erosion. Also examined are various ecosystems in the state, especially the Chesapeake Bay, and the human impact of these varied landscapes, particularly through exploitation of mineral and water resources, waste disposal and pollution, and land use issues. (O)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 148 - Resources and the Environment
Explores the impact of people on the environment in the past and present with projections for the future. Addresses the phenomena and effects of food and energy production and industrial processes, including such topics as lead pollution, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and the disposal of radioactive waste. Demonstrates how the environment works in the absence of humans and discusses how human use of resources perturbs the environment. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 150 - Earth’s Weather and Climate
Long-term global climactic controls and short-term severe weather events such as hurricanes and tornadoes are treated in terms of the physical laws governing the motions of the atmosphere and the energy driving the system. Discusses climactic and atmospheric events that severely impact human behavior. Explores responses by early and modern humans to perturbations in the weather and climate. Examines utilization of renewable energy residing in the sun, wind, and water; and advertent and inadvertent weather modification. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 176 - Water: Understanding our Essential Natural Resource
Surveys the major topics of the water cycle, water use, management of water resources, and water quality. Emphasis is on the personal connection to issues involving water. (IR)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 201 - Materials That Shape Civilizations
Reviews the structure, properties, methods of production, uses, and world supply of the materials on which present and past civilizations have been based; including materials used in heavy industry, construction, communications, medicine, as well as textiles and naturally occurring organic materials. Emphasizes the effects of environment on materials and energy relationships. Cross-listed as MSE 201. (S)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 210 - Beaches, Coasts and Rivers
Studies the geologic framework and biophysical processes of the coastal zone, and the role of the major river systems in modifying the coastal environment. Emphasizes human modifications, including case studies along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 215 - Introduction to Oceanography
Analyzes the principles that govern the world’s oceans and their integration into an understanding of the major marine environments. Topics include marine pollution, global climate, and marine policy. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 222 - Conservation Ecology—Biodiversity and Beyond
Studies ecological science relevant to sustaining populations, species, ecosystems, and the global biosphere. Includes discussion of genetic inbreeding, critical population size, community structure and organization, maintenance of critical ecosystem function, and global biogeochemistry. Case studies from around the world demonstrate links between human-driven environmental change and the health of the biosphere, at all levels, from the organism to the planet. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 223 - Conservation Ecology Laboratory
This course offers hands-on study of ecological science relevant to sustaining populations, species, ecosystems and the global biosphere. The laboratory includes three modules that teach the scientific method while exposing students to current topics in conservation ecology. Modules include assessment of land use change in various localities based on the students’ origin, assessment of stream health in the Rivanna watershed, and assessment of soil fertility under alternative land management. Case studies in the local community will demonstrate links between human-driven environmental change and the health of the biosphere. Offered to complement EVSC 222, but may be taken on its own. (Y)
Credits: 1
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EVSC 230 - Politics, Science, and Values: An Introduction to Environmental Policy
Introduces a wide variety of domestic and international environmental policy issues. Explores how political processes, scientific evidence, ideas, and values affect environmental policymaking. This class satisfies the social sciences area requirement and not the natural sciences/mathematics area requirement, since EVSC 230 is devoted to the subject of environmental policy. Cross listed as ETP 230 and PLAP 230. (Y)
Credits: 3
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EVSC 280 - Fundamentals of Geology
Studies the composition, structure, and internal processes of earth; the classification, origin, and distribution of earth materials; earth’s interior; and the interpretation of geological data for the solution of problems of the natural environment. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Recommended: At least one semester of college chemistry with lab such as CHEM 141, 142.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 280L - Fundamentals of Geology Laboratory
Field and laboratory experimentation into the nature of earth materials and processes, especially as applied to use and human problems. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: EVSC 280.
Credits: 1
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EVSC 320 - Fundamentals of Ecology
Studies energy flow, nutrient cycling and allocation in natural ecosystems, organization of species at the population and community levels, and interaction between people and the biosphere. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One semester of calculus; recommended; at least one semester of college-level chemistry and biology with labs such as CHEM 141, 142, and BIOL 202.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 320L - Fundamentals of Ecology Laboratory
Field and laboratory experimentation illustrative of ecological systems, and their checks, balances, and cycles. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: EVSC 320.
Credits: 1
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EVSC 340 - Physical Hydrology
Studies the physical principles governing the flow of water on and beneath the earth’s surface, including fundamental concepts of fluid dynamics applied to the description of open channel hydraulics, ground water hydraulics, and dynamics of soil moisture. Introduces elements of surface water and ground water hydrology and explores humanity’s influence on its hydrological environment. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One semester of calculus.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 340L - Physical Hydrology Laboratory
Field and laboratory experimentation illustrative of the hydrological cycle, including energy and mass transfer in surface and ground water. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: EVSC 340.
Credits: 1
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EVSC 350 - Atmosphere and Weather
Introduces the physical laws governing atmospheric behavior and examines atmospheric variables and their role in the fluid environment of the earth. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One semester of calculus; recommended: at least one semester of college physics with lab such as PHYS 231, 232.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 350L - Atmosphere and Weather Laboratory
Studies the principles of measurements, instrumentation for measuring atmospheric parameters, and methods of observing and calculating atmospheric variables. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: EVSC 350.
Credits: 1
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EVSC 360 - Tropical Field Ecology
This course is designed to introduce students to the plants and animals found in the tropical marine environment of the Caribbean and to study their adaptations in the context of community ecology. Fishes, invertebrates, and marine plants will be in the major groups encountered. Cross-listed with BIOL 350. (SS)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: BIOL 201 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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EVSC 362 - GIS Methods
Explores the theory of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications in a range of disciplines using various GIS software packages. Example applications are from physical and social sciences, often with a focus on the Charlottesville-Albemarle area. For students interested in immediate applications of GIS in their work. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: The equivalent of the College natural science/mathematics and social science area requirements. Experience with word processing, file managers, and other computing skills is essential.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 375Z - Tropical Ecology and Conservation in Belize
This course is an introduction to the organisms and ecosystems of Belize, including fresh water, marine and terrestrial examples. Special emphasis will be placed on the interactions of the ecosystem components and on the conservation of specific ecosystems and locales. (J)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: BIOL 201, 202, 203, 204 or EVSC 320 (with lab) or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 376 - Watersheds of Lewis and Clark
Explores geological and hydrological processes that form and modify the landscape of the American West. Following the route of Lewis and Clark, the processes of mountain building, glaciation, flooding, and erosion are studied. Also considered are the human impact on this landscape, particularly through exploitation of mineral and water resources. (O)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One course (including high school) in geology, Earth Sciences, or environmental sciences, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 381 - Earth Processes as Natural Hazards
Earth Processes as Natural Hazards
Credits: 3
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EVSC 384 - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Examines erosional processes and their role in creating landforms. Explores the influence of processes and landforms on land use and the human environment, including hazards from floods and landslides. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EVSC 280 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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EVSC 385 - Geodynamics
Studies the basic principles of continuum mechanics and their application to problems in the geological sciences, including the behavior of the Earth’s lithosphere, rock mechanics, and flow of water. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EVSC 280, calculus, and physics.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 386 - Introduction to Geochemistry
Studies the principles that govern the distribution and abundance of the elements in the Earth’s lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CHEM 141, 142 and EVSC 280.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 410 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
Introduction to the physics and techniques of remote sensing. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: at least one year of college-level chemistry or physics, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 413 - Population Ecology and Conservation
Studies ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral processes that occur within and between populations in natural communities. Emphasizes the mathematics of population dynamics and species interactions and uses models to demonstrate the diversity of life histories in plants and animals. Discusses the application of population ecology to current issues in conversation biology. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EVSC 320 and one course in calculus.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 415 - Topics in Oceanography
Introduces oceanography together with a survey of marine resources and the scientific bases for their management. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One year college-level science.
Credits: 3
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EVSC 420 - The Ecology of Coastal Wetlands
Investigates the ecology of coastal interface ecosystems, including sea grass, mangrove, and salt marsh emphasizing biogeochemisty, succession, and dynamic processes related to the development and maintenance of these systems. Explores the differences between tropical and temperate coastal systems. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: EVSC 320 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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